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'Laconic, merciless, appallingly accurate ... It is so well done that it is often not bearable' Spectator. 'It extends human sympathy beyond the point where it normally comes to a stop' Observer. 'At the Jerusalem, [Paul Bailey's] first novel, would be remarkable as the work of a writer over middle age; from so young a man it is astounding in its empathy ... A master of dialogue, Paul Bailey creates the atmosphere of The Jerusalem, where these old ladies have nothing to do except eat junket and die peacefully without any fuss ... A very funny book, but never jeering, full of pity, but unsentimentally harsh with the tragedy of old age which institutional kindness cannot cushion' Financial Times.

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Paul Bailey was born in 1937. At the Jerusalem was his first novel. His other works incude Peter Smart's Confessions (1977) and Gabriel's Lament (1986), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.

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